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Life History

between 1501 and 1515	Born
1533	Fact 1 in William settled a messuage in Amington on his son Francis and his wife Ma
1534	Birth of son Thomas REPINGTON in Amington Hall, Tamworth, Staffordshire / Warwickshire
before 1536	Birth of son Richard REPINGTON in Amington Hall, Tamworth, Staffordshire / Warwickshire
1539	Land Purchase in Purchased Amington Manor and the remaining land.
1550	Died
about 1551	Birth of daughter Mary REPINGTON in Warwickshire
1551	Probate in Calendars of Wills & Administrations in the Consistory Court of the Bisho

Other facts

	Married Maud COTTON
	Birth of son William REPINGTON
	Birth of son John REPINGTON
	Birth of son Edward REPINGTON
	Birth of son Humphrey REPINGTON

Notes

• Edward, Lord Clinton, sold to Francis Repington other lands at Amington in 1539.
  Francis died in 1550, leaving a son Thomas, aged 16.
  In this family the estate descended, the manor of Amington being held by Sir John Repington, who died in 1660 and was succeeded by his son Sebright.
• William Repington (who died in 1511) seised of Amington Hall and was succeeded by his grandson William, who in 1533 settled a messuage in Amington on his son Francis and his wife Maud daughter of Richard Cotton.
• Manduessedum Romanorum:
  Francis Repington died 4 Edward VI. 1550, having married Mary daughter of Richard Coton of Ridsware, co. Stafford.
• Staffordshire Fines
  No. 34. On the Morrow of All Souls. 30 Hen. VIII. [1538]
  Between Francis Repyngton and Matilda his wife, and Richard their son, complainants, and Richard Cotton, Gent., and Alice his wife, deforciants of a messuage, thirty acres of land, six acres of meadow, sixteen acres of pasture, and six acres of wood in Marchyngton and Hownehyll.
  Richard Cotton and Alice remitted all right to the complainants and heirs of Richard Repyngton, for which the complainants gave them £30 sterling.
• Staffordshire Fines
  No. 291. At three weeks from Easter Day. 33 Hen. VIII. [1541]
  And afterwards recorded on the Octaves of St. Michael. 33 Hen. VIII.
  Between Francis Repyngton and Matilda his wife, complainants, and Richard Coton, deforciant of eight messuages, two tofts, eight gardens, twenty acres of land, forty acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture, ten acres of wood, and 200 acres of furze and heath in Chedell, Huntley, Drynton, Cotton, Blythbury, Newland, Rydware-Hamptall, Pype-Rydware, and Heteley.
  Richard remitted all right to Francis and Matilda, and heirs of Francis, for which Francis and Matilda gave him £140 sterling.
• CP40/1120
  Henry VIII
  1544
  d 6738
  Leics
  partition
  Plaintiff Repyngton, Francis
  Defendant Brokesby, Elizabeth, widow
• CP40/1120
  Henry VIII
  1544
  f 5328
  Leics
  partition
  Plaintiffs Repyngton, Francis; Repyngton, Thomas
  Defendants Brokysby, William; Brokysby, Matthew
• CP40/1120
  Henry VIII
  1544
  d 7478
  Warks
  trespass: close
  Plaintiff Repyngton, Francis
  Defendant Shemond, William, of Wegyngton, Staffs, husbandman
• CP40no1096
  Henry VIII
  1538
  2254 f
  Warks
  concord
  Plaintiff Clynton, Edward, Lord Clynton
  Defendants Repyngton, Francis, gent
• CP40no1096
  Henry VIII
  1538
  3831 d
  indenture
  Clynton, Edward, Lord Clynton
  Repyngton, Francis, son of Repyngton, William, gent, and Maude his wife
• Staffordshire Archives
  Collection  Records of the Sutherland-Leveson-Gower family, Dukes of Sutherland, Earls Gower, etc. (the Sutherland Papers)
  Section  Title Deeds and related papers
  SubSection  Medieval deeds for other Leveson family properties
  Series  Properties in the district around p. Tamworth, in Staffordshire and Warwickshire
  LocatedAt Staffordshire Record Office
  Level Item
  DocRefNo D593/A/1/24/10
  Title Bargain and sale of the reversion of the manors of Shustoke, co. Warwickshire and Austrey, co. Leicestershire and other properties in co. Warwickshire
  Date 22 Jan 1540
  Description Property:
  The reversion (after the death of Lady Jane Clinton, mother of Edward, Lord Clinton and Saye) of the manors of Shustoke and Austrey, and of lands (not described) in Shustoke, Austrey, Great and Little Amington, Wharley, Woodhouse (not identified) Coleshill, and Tamworth.
  Certain lands conveyed by Lord Clinton and Saye to Francis Rippington are excepted from this bargain and sale. Grantor guarantees that the premises are worth £26 a year and more.
  Consideration: 200 marks.
  (Edward Fynes, Lord Clinton and Saye/James Leveson of Wolverhampton, Esquire.)
  PhysicalDescription Damaged
• http://aalt.law.uh.edu/C78_79.html
  1553-1557 1-5 Philip and Mary - Piece Listing no.10
  48. (no date)
  George Willoughby and wife Maude, wid. of Francis Repyngton v Walter Aston, esq. Certain lands and woods in Tamworth, Warw. and Staffs,
  claimed by both parties as parcel of their estates in Warw. Enrollment of an arbitration award.
• Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 15: 1540
  Grants in April 1540. 31 Hen. VIII.
  35. John Wyseman. Licence to alienate the grange called Rynglethorp Grange, in Scalford, Wykeham, Waltham, Thorpe, and Melton, Leic., to Will. Brokesby and Matthew, son [and heir] apparent of the said William, Francis Repyngton, and Thomas, son of the said Francis. Westm., 28 April. Pat. 32 Hen. VIII., p. 4, m. 42.
• The Topographer for the year 1789 - Volume 1
  From Seckington to Tamworth is about four miles.
  A good turnpike road soon led us by Statfold, the seat of Samuel Pipe Wolferstan, Esq. In whose family it was as early at least as the year 1565.
  We shall omit any further particulars at present, as this place is intended for an article in a future Number.
  Nearly opposite to this, in the county of Warwick, is the adjoining Manor of Amington.
  As this place is not mentioned in the Conqueror's Survey, Dugdale supposes it to be then involved in Wilnecote, and that the great lord of most of this country, as mentioned at Seckington, &c. was enfeoft thereof. It afterwards descended thro' a female to the family of Clinton, of which John de Clinton, jun. claimed divers privileges here, by prescription in 13 E. I.
  In 1 H. VI, Sir Wm. Clinton, Kt. sold a large portion of this estate to Wm. Repington, and his heirs, for 200 marks of silver; and in 29 H. VIII, Edward, Lord Clinton, granted more lands here to Francis Repington, his descendant, of all which, and the capital messuage, or manor house, the said Francis died seized in 4 E. VI.
  His great grandson, Sir John Repington, Kt, enjoyed it in 1640, in whose lineal descendants it has continued to the present day.
  This ancient family, who are of Lincolnshire origin, have, since their residence here, intermarried with some of the principal families in the country.
  Amongst whom, in the last century, we find Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Burdet de Foremark, married to Sebright Repington, Esq.
  The house still remaining here, wears the venerable aspect of ancient hospitality, and from its stile of architecture, in a transient view, must be as old at least as the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
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  Behind, down in that bottom look,
  Attended by tall pines in files,
  Close by the willow-wedded brook,
  See the old mansion, how it smiles!
  Enter the lofty hall, &c.
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  This fine old room is spacious and lofty, with an arched roof turned upon wooden pillars. In the two front windows are these arms painted, England, with a lion and griffin or, supporters. In the lower window is the same coat, with a griffin and greyhound  supporters, for Thomas of Woodstock. Also the arms of Repington and Staunford twice over.
  A pair of stairs led us from hence to a curious old room, called the Vineyard, coved and ornamented at the top with vines and birds. The wainscot is also curiously carved, which brought these other lines to our memory from the same ingenious Poem.
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  See birds and beasts play round the Pannels,
  Such as the Gothic Chissel breeds!
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  Over the chimney is the following inscription in old golden Capitals.
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  "Ne derelinquas amicum tuum anticum
  "Quia novus non erit ei similis."
  [Do not forsake your friend the front porch
  For a new one it will not be like him.]
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  Below in one of the compartments is carved F. M. which are the initials, no doubt, of Francis and Mary Repington, the builders of the room, and perhaps the house.
  Round the wainscot amongst other arms, are, those of Repington impaling Cotton, and the letters F. M. over the husbands and wives arms respectively.
  This is not a parish in itself, but a member to Tamworth, where in the church are some flat stone memorials of the family.

Sources

• 1. Manduessedum Romanorum: being the history and antiquities of the parish of Manceter
  • 1779
  • (secondary evidence)
• 2. Staffordshire Fines
  • Year published: 1890
  • (secondary evidence)
• 3. Willoughby family of Wollaton
  • (secondary evidence)
• 4. Repingtons Warwickshire
  • (secondary evidence)